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Washington news with a Texas accentFri, 13 Feb 2015 22:20:13 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2Who’s on Rick Perry’s presidential campaign team and who’s in his inner circlehttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/09/rick-perry-presidential-campaign-team-and-perr-inner-circle/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/09/rick-perry-presidential-campaign-team-and-perr-inner-circle/#commentsSun, 04 Sep 2011 17:53:16 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=20423To introduce you to Rick Perry's campaign team, we offer you an interactive graphic on his political circles and an article listing the top staffers on his presidential campaign.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/09/rick-perry-presidential-campaign-team-and-perr-inner-circle/feed/0Perry Watch: Rick Perry benefited from federal farm subsidies he now wants to endhttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/perry-watch-rick-perry-benefited-from-federal-farm-subsidies-he-now-wants-to-end/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/perry-watch-rick-perry-benefited-from-federal-farm-subsidies-he-now-wants-to-end/#commentsMon, 08 Aug 2011 19:07:01 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=18180Gov. Rick Perry's $9,624 in benefits pale in comparison to $15 billion the federal government pays every year under the Conservation Reserve Program, but that doesn't mean Perry will not be criticized accepting the money and later calling for the program's abandonment. ]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/perry-watch-rick-perry-benefited-from-federal-farm-subsidies-he-now-wants-to-end/feed/0Analysis: When Rick Perry’s states’ rights rhetoric meets Religious Right dogmahttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/analysis-when-rick-perrys-states-rights-rhetoric-meets-religious-right-dogma/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/analysis-when-rick-perrys-states-rights-rhetoric-meets-religious-right-dogma/#commentsTue, 02 Aug 2011 00:43:53 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=17634Complex views are expected on hard issues, but if Rick Perry seeks the presidency, any sign of contradiction will raise questions among voters who are just learning about Perry.
"Texans are tolerant of much more ambiguity in their politicians — and much more remote and partial answers — than will be permitted by the rest of the country," said Cal Jillson, Southern Methodist University professor of political science. "It’s a different sense of a politician’s responsibility to the electorate."]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/analysis-when-rick-perrys-states-rights-rhetoric-meets-religious-right-dogma/feed/0Perry Watch: Governor backs states’ rights — to ratify consitutional amendment outlawing abortionhttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/perry-watch-governor-backs-states-rights-to-ratify-consitutional-amendment-outlawing-abortion/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/perry-watch-governor-backs-states-rights-to-ratify-consitutional-amendment-outlawing-abortion/#commentsFri, 29 Jul 2011 22:21:53 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=17491On the heels of his kerfuffle over same-sex marriage, Gov. Rick Perry is again favoring a federal constitutional amendment over state decision-making on a hot-button topic -- this time, abortion.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/perry-watch-governor-backs-states-rights-to-ratify-consitutional-amendment-outlawing-abortion/feed/2Perry Watch: Texas Speaker Joe Straus tweaks absentee governor, calls anti-groping bill ‘an ill-advised publicity stunt’http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/06/perry-watch-texas-speaker-joe-straus-tweaks-absentee-governor-calls-anti-groping-bill-an-ill-advised-publicity-stunt/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/06/perry-watch-texas-speaker-joe-straus-tweaks-absentee-governor-calls-anti-groping-bill-an-ill-advised-publicity-stunt/#commentsSun, 26 Jun 2011 16:10:40 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=13712"The bill without some serious revisions appears to me to be nothing more than an ill advised publicity stunt,” Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said of the so-called "anti-groping" bill that targets federal TSA security screeners. “It's unenforceable, ill-advised and mis-directed to uniformed security personnel -- not where appropriately it should be aimed, which is in Washington to the bosses of these people."
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a prominent critic of the federal government, added the anti-groping bill to the special session agenda. But Straus said "the only thing I've seen from the governor" since then was a YouTube video recorded during a Perry event . . . in New Orleans.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/06/perry-watch-texas-speaker-joe-straus-tweaks-absentee-governor-calls-anti-groping-bill-an-ill-advised-publicity-stunt/feed/0TexMessage: State secret — Obama reveals that Austin was the last city he strolled around freelyhttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/texmessage-ron-paul-says-hes-on-the-verge-of-official-presidential-announcement/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/texmessage-ron-paul-says-hes-on-the-verge-of-official-presidential-announcement/#commentsWed, 11 May 2011 10:00:13 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=9840At a Democratic fund-raiser last night in Austin, President Obama revealed that the Texas capital was the sight of his last stroll amid regular people before the Secret Service cracked down on his impromptu walks in the 2008 campaign. "It was right before a debate (with Hillary Clinton) and I started walking down the river and at the time nobody quite noticed me," he said.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/05/texmessage-ron-paul-says-hes-on-the-verge-of-official-presidential-announcement/feed/0